https://tasbeha.org/community/categories/faith-issues/p65/feed.rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:12:10 +0000 Faith Issues - Tasbeha.org Community en-CA https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4953/the-scriptures Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:00:48 +0000 person55 4953@/community/discussions but what exactly are the Scriptures? are they certain books in the Bible? the Old Testament?
???]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5115/holy-week-services-2007 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:58:12 +0000 nrafla 5115@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5104/for-their-sake-i-sanctified-myself Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:30:27 +0000 5104@/community/discussions Can someone please explain to me the Gospel of Jn 17? Our Lord says :
"For their sake, I sanctified myself"

How can this be? What does He mean by this? I thought He was already sanctified?


And then He says :"Those which you have given Me, not one has perished".

But what does that mean? It means that Judas who did betray Our Lord, still did not perish?? What does this mean?

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5032/chronicles Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:46:27 +0000 [Deleted User] 5032@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/24/arabic-agbeya Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:15:16 +0000 Tony 24@/community/discussions
God Bless]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5068/purgatory Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:08:55 +0000 5068@/community/discussions What is the Coptic Orthodox Response to Purgatory?
Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5048/bible-question Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:37:42 +0000 donia_kiwi 5048@/community/discussions reading a chapter from the bible it's too much , no focusing and that person give up so easily and end up not reading the one chapter.
Any suggestion???
is there a way as beginner to get that person into the hoppy of reading because this person never read the bible before...
how many verses as beginner to start with first...
and which book in the bible to start with first...
hope to hear from you guys
waiting for your replies...]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5031/justice-in-the-old-testament Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:40:45 +0000 [Deleted User] 5031@/community/discussions I understand that the sons may be of a harder heart than the fathers, but because they would be punished for their fathers' sins, they're being punished for sins they didn't commit. How is this fair? is there something I'm missing?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5040/jesus-paid-our-ransom-to-whom Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:36:22 +0000 metouro1 5040@/community/discussions
To whom was the ransom paid.  Some Orthodox Christians state that the Church Fathers are consistent in that he paid the ransom to death/hades owner, which was the devil.  Others say the ransom was paid to God the Father as the debt owed to him for our sin.  Others say the ransom was actually paid to us.

What is the consensus of the early Fathers on this?  To whom was the ransom paid by Christ?

Was the ransom of Christ's death/blood paid to the Father, us, or the devil?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5044/nature-and-mercy Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:11:15 +0000 Lover of the father 5044@/community/discussions Then one day as I attempted to kill bug and a man asked me not to.  Then i thought would Jesus kill a bug.  The answer hit my mind right away (no).  But why no, and would he consider killing a bug a sin.  Then it seemed God settled my problems.  I remembered that it says in Genesis that God put all the animals of this world under our control.  Then i began to think why would he do such thing.  It hit me.  God uses nature as way to explain his mercy.  For example when i was about to kill that bug, the only thing that was restraining from killing that bug was my own mercy.  And with this i completely understood God's mercy and how much he loves us that he is willing not to squash us like pesky little bugs but rather carry us on his shoulders



Pleas share your thoughts on either nature or God's mercy]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4997/the-lamentations-of-jeremiah Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:44:08 +0000 KrazyLion 4997@/community/discussions
Thank you in advance!

God help us all!]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5035/standard-prayers Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:15:56 +0000 cvillejaymbee 5035@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5038/want-to-share-answer-to-a-question Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:54:25 +0000 mikeforjesus 5038@/community/discussions
MANY YEARS
WITH PEOPLE’S QUESTIONS
PART III
SPIRITUAL AND GENERAL QUESTIONS
By
H. H. POPE SHENOUDA III


[ 30 ]
EVERYONE WHO HAS WILL BE GIVEN
MORE
Question?
What is the meaning of the verse: " 'For to everyone who
has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but
from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken
away. " (Matt. 25:29) What does it mean that one does not
have yet it will be taken from him?
Answer:
It means that to anyone who has faith, and a love for doing
good work, or to anyone who does good, God will give a
blessing, in order to increase that person's faith or good
works, or both.
But anyone who does not have faith, and whose actions are
carried out without faith, will have those actions taken away
from him, and they will have no value because they were not
done in faith.
The same goes for a person who doesn't do good works, and
whose faith is without works, to which one could apply the
123
words: "Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."
(James 2:17) This 'dead' faith will be taken away from that
person. This faith which is just in name, or just something
intellectual, or formal, will be taken away from him.

You can find the book from
http://saint-mary.net/books/


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4994/do-we-know-god Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:24:10 +0000 4994@/community/discussions "Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him."  -1 John 3:6

"Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God."  -1 John 3:9

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." -1 John 1:8

"If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." -1 John 1:10


I don't understand how these four verses go with each other. In 1 John 3, it says that we cannot sin if are born of God, and if we know God then we don't sin. Does this mean that no one is born of God and no one knows God? But then, if we say that we do not sin then 1 John 1 tells us that we make God a liar. So, we all have sinned. But then that means that we don't know God and that we are not born of God.

Can someone explain these verses and bring them all together.

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4979/christ-grew-in-wisdom-and-stature Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:47:18 +0000 mikeforjesus 4979@/community/discussions
How could He grow if He was God?
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4412/weds-and-fri Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:58:36 +0000 superman23 4412@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4990/holy-communion Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:24:56 +0000 Godly_livin 4990@/community/discussions

14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
Luke 22:14-23

How do we know if Jesus was speaking metaphorically or literally when He said "this is my body and blood?" Many times in the Bible Jesus speaks symbolically but how about this particular passage??


I once read that “Holy Communion separates us from sin. The body of Christ we receive in Holy Communion (the sacrifice) is ‘given up for us’, and the blood we drink ‘shed for the many for the forgiveness of sins’. For this reason the Eucharist cannot unite us to Christ without at the same time cleansing us from past sins and preserving us from future sins.”]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5023/answered-question Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:58:37 +0000 mikeforjesus 5023@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5014/ex-muslim-story Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:38:01 +0000 davidschanter 5014@/community/discussions


If you don't really have time, start it at 23 mins and listen. Its so funny. ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4976/should-copts-do-anything Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:55:22 +0000 copticcuttie33 4976@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5001/is-this-a-sin Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:25:23 +0000 5001@/community/discussions
CASE 1:
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Imagine you are on a train that's packed, and you're stuck in front of someone reading their newspaper. He is so close to you, that you can comfortably read the paper during your train journey.

Is that stealing?

You never paid for the paper!? Did you? But its still not your fault that it's in your face. If your eyes just even LOOKED at one line of news (a heading maybe), and you found that heading interesting, then do you feel that that would be stealing, given that you didn't pay for that newspaper?

God have mercy on all of us...

Case 2:
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You come on a train where EVERY 1st class passenger's seat is layed out with the Times Newspaper. At the end of the carriage, there are loads of newspapers also. One day, you ask the train manager if you could have a newspaper ? He says :"Sure. Take one".

You take the train everyday. If you take a newspaper again, is that stealing , if you assume that the train manager would have agreed to it anyway??]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4559/keep-the-sabbath-day-holy Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:18:10 +0000 mikeforjesus 4559@/community/discussions
I want to know if it is okay to work on the sabbath.. I know its okay to do good and help those who need help in some cases.. which may require work..

But is it okay to help someone on the sabbath with his business.. the person works on the sabbath...

Im not sure im making sense..

I know the law was made for man and not the man for the law...

do you think we can choose to obey the command or not depending on whether we want rest or not? would it be a sin to work on the sabbath for worldly gain..


I think I am lacking in discernment and understanding the spirit sometimes..]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4991/1-kings-2 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:09:27 +0000 mikeforjesus 4991@/community/discussions Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei were killed

Adonijah was killed just for asking for a wife (there might be a reason.. it might be more than that), Joab was killed because he killed two people before and shed innocent blood (Abner and Amasa) , and Shimei was killed because he left his place and went after his slaves.

I want to ask first why did David want Shimei killed (if he did)? did he not forgive him and promise he will not kill him? ofcourse Solomon could kill him without breaking his fathers promise but why did david want him killed if he did.
And why did solomon not kill him at first but chose to make him stay in jerusalem?

Were Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei killed because God had to be just? did they have time to repent? if they repented could God have chosen not to have them killed?
David himself plotted the killing of Uriah and why was he not killed by the sword?
Why did God say an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth in the OT?

In 1 Kings 2:33 it seems Joabs descendents if he had any would be punished because of his sins? is that right?
also in another part of the bible seven sons of saul were hanged.. did not God say the soul who sins will die? if the father sins he will die and if the son sins he will die?


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4813/do-we-know-the-day-jesus-will-return-or-not Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:59:46 +0000 mikeforjesus 4813@/community/discussions
but don't we not know that He will come 45 days after the 1290 days?

This is from reading Abouna Tadros Malaty's Commentary on the book of Daniel..

You can get it from the site below

http://www.stgeorge-sporting.org/books/frtadrosEn.htm


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4932/matthew-17-24-27-jesus-s-opinion-on-giving-money-to-the-church Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:43:21 +0000 4932@/community/discussions 24 When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?”
25 He said, “Yes.”
And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?”
26 Peter said to Him, “From strangers.”
Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.”

I'm confused on what point Jesus is trying to make here.
Is He saying that since St. Peter and Him are not strangers to God, but in fact His Sons, they don't have to pay taxes or give money to the church? I'm sure that my interpretation is wrong, so can someone explain this to me.
Also, why would Jesus have to perform a miracle to get money?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4975/the-nature-of-god Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:57:09 +0000 mikeforjesus 4975@/community/discussions
I thought Jesus is not God the Father but the Son but then I thought about how Jesus is One with Father.. He said "I and My Father are One"
so you can't seperate them right?... but can you say Jesus is God the Father?

Jesus said He who had seen Him had seen the Father

I though the Son was the mind of God, the Father the being of God and the Holy Spirit the life of God... is that true?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4941/ninth-hour-gospel Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:12:12 +0000 4941@/community/discussions
Can someone explain to me the significance of the Gospel read at the ninth hour?

I don't see the connection between the hour of our Lord's death according to the flesh and the story of the loaves and the fish.

I notice the Holy Gospel says "and the day began to wane"; is that a reference to the ninth hour? And if so, is that the only reason it has been appointed to be read at that part of the day, or does the narrative itself have some relation to Christ's death on the Cross?

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4964/m-vs-liturgy Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:28:03 +0000 copticluva 4964@/community/discussions
wats the diference between m*** and liturgy?????? ??? ???

]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4942/hate-crimes-towards-copts Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:04:07 +0000 copticcuttie33 4942@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/4920/agbeya-in-different-languages Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:19:44 +0000 wise_mike 4920@/community/discussions

Hello,

I was wondering, does anyone have the Agpeya translated to other languages..

There are Arabic, English and French Agbeya at http://St-Takla.org , and we would like to add it in more languages for all the Copts around the world..

If you have it, or even a part of it, please send it to St-Takla.org

Thanks in advance

Mike

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